#5BC4EC#5BC4EC

#5BC4EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.112 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC4EC
RGB	rgb(91, 196, 236)
HSL	hsl(197, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -18.68, -28.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 34.41, 237.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0776 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.112 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1887, 47.7562, 86.4932)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC4EC #EC835B

analogous

#5BECCC #5BC4EC #5B7CEC

triadic

#5BC4EC #EC5BC4 #C4EC5B

tetradic

#5BC4EC #CC5BEC #EC835B #7CEC5B

square

#5BC4EC #CC5BEC #EC835B #7CEC5B

split-complementary

#5BC4EC #EC5B7C #ECCC5B

monochromatic

#158BB7 #24B0E6 #5BC4EC #92D8F2 #C9EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5BC4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#5BC4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC4EC

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC4EC	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 196, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.112 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6f2',
    500: '#5bc4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc4ec;
$custom-light: #96d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77396,
    "c": 0.11191,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC4EC

secondary

#EBC6B8

accent

#440ADC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC4EC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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